What was found
(CAN) FOLLOWING FLIGHT, PILOT FOUND HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS COATING THE FUSELAGE. GROUND RUN-UP REVEALED THAT THE LT SERVO FLIGHT CONTROL SERVO WAS LEAKING VERY BADLY AT THE BOTTOM SEAL.
- Difficulty date
- January 10, 1997
- Submitted
- April 14, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Snias AS350BA
- Aircraft time
- 11,409 hours
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1B
- System (JASC)
- 6730 · Rotorcraft Servo System
- Part
- Servo
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Flight Control
- Part time
- 5,561 hours
- Component
- Servo · Samm · 4294
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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